A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 122 km SSW of San Patricio, Mexico (76 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:06:00 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 01:06:00 / May 7, 2016 @ 1:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -105.3364° West, 18.2938° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005f1x. Id of event: us10005f1x. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 122 km SSW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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Anita James
seems to be a lot of shaking on our side today….